Douglas T. Fox has been awarded the Penn State University Professional Golf Management Society’s 2013 Frank B. Guadagnolo “Pride of the Lion’s” Award.

The award, presented by the founder of the PGM program, is the highest honor presented to a PSU PGM student. In making the presentation, advisor and assistant director, Stevie Lovell commented that Douglas demonstrated outstanding leadership among his peers; was a pillar of reliability for the staff and his classmates; kept everyone on schedule for deadlines; and provided many hours of tutoring in key core classes.

The award was presented at the Family and Friends’ Golf Tournament and Banquet, where Fox was also awarded the Mason and Juliet Champion Scholarship for Creative Thought and Golf Operations Best Practice Scholarship.

During his education at Penn State University’s Main Campus in State College, Pa., Douglas has served as travel chair for the PGM Student Society, leading trips to Orlando, Fla., for the annual PGA Golf Show, Banded Dunes, Ore., as well as Scotland, where the group played the historic St. Andrews courses.

He successfully completed all three PGA checkpoints earning him the title of Professional Golf Association’s golf professional ranking and was named to the dean’s list for the 2013 spring semester.

He has interned at Lederach Golf Club in Harleysville, Pa., The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo., and The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.

He is currently employed by The Greenbrier where he serves as assistant golf professional. He will graduate in August with his Bachelor of Science in Recreation, Parks and Tourism Management with an emphasis in Professional Golf Management and a minor in Business Administration.

Fox is a 2009 graduate of A.P. Schalick High School and is the son of Barry Fox and Deborah Turner-Fox of Pittsgrove.